Wow, what a busy and fun start to the summer we've had! Sorry that I have been out of touch, but I will try and catch you up on some of our activities thus far. After returning from our trip to the Oregon Coast, where I got to surf for the first time (VERY FUN!), we had three of our closest family friends (and their kids) converge for 5 days on Guemes Island. Our parents all met at Stanford (or around that time in the Bay Area) and all had 4-5 kids each. Now these kids (my generation) are starting to have kids, so all in all, we were about 30 individuals. It was a blast. Most able people camped and we had some great meals, lots of laughs and caught up on all the news. Here are some photos from the week.
Liam and Grandpa share a sweet moment in our tent.
Enjoying some sun, while playing with one of the "baby's toys".
Here is a picture of my dear friend, Adriana's, daughter Ruthie. She is our goddaughter and so much fun. She bossed Liam around all weekend...like any good, older sister should! :)
Perrin's boyfriend, Rory, takes Ruthie (5), Liam (2) and Bella (3) on an evening boat ride. What fun!
And these are my Grandfathers!
And here are my parents!
Oh well, if your can't disown them...
Join them!"
Liam got himself dressed....I thought those of you in Southern California would appreciate his choice of Uggs in the summer - very surfer boy.
Gabe celebrated his 35th birthday at Guemes this past weekend. We had some friends out with their kids on Saturday for a day of beach fun. Then on Sunday, we had a family birthday party with Gabe's parents, my parents and Perrin and Rory (Reuben and Lucia were out of town at a wedding). We had a seafood feast with fresh caught crab, local oysters on the half-shell and even fried calamari! Here is Liam cheering as Dad opens up a gift.
Opening presents.
Liam helps take orders for strawberry rhubarb cobbler -with or without ice cream.
Liam waters our raspberry patch...bare buns style. We have been encouraging Liam to use the potty and not wear his diapers except for nap and bedtime. Consequently, we have been doing a lot of "naked time" and/or just bare buns. 
We had a family reunion (on my mom's side) this past weekend at Guemes. There were about 40 people in all and it was a great time to catch up with some family I haven't seen in a long time. Here, Lucia (Reuben's girlfriend), Dad, and Reuben hang out on a log, waiting for dinner. 
Bathing Beauty.
Running on the sand...trying to make the clams squirt!
Grandpa and Liam dig for a "big one" (clam).
Ruthie and Liam share a little time together on the beach.
Ice cream all around! Ruthie, Bella and Liam enjoy cones at Winn's General Store on the island.
Playing at the park.
I caught Liam and Bella holding hands around the campfire.....too cute!!
The sister photo: 
Lusana, me, Perrin
(Almost) all of us.
Liam and Grandpa share a sweet moment in our tent.
Enjoying some sun, while playing with one of the "baby's toys".
Here is a picture of my dear friend, Adriana's, daughter Ruthie. She is our goddaughter and so much fun. She bossed Liam around all weekend...like any good, older sister should! :)
